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Project Summary 

MOP's philosophy is that, with only classroom and laboratory learning, you leave college incompletely educated about the ocean. Therefore, first hand experience is central to the Certificate requirements. The MOP Seminar is designed to help you choose a topic and develop a written plan or proposal for your project. By enrolling for credits while carrying out the project, it becomes part of your academic record.

MOP staff help you survey potential topics, identify an appropriate mentor, prepare your proposal and carry out your project in a timely fashion. You can come into the MOP office with an idea, or you can find a ready-made opportunity by reading Seawords, the MOP newsletter, or by scanning the bulletin board in your campus MOP office. Not all projects fit the academic calendar-this can be accommodated. You may undertake a project alone or with one or more MOP students. The projects can based on or off campus. Often MOP can provide supplies, equipment or funds to assist with your project.

Topics can range from fisheries and marine tourism firm. Keep in touch with your MOP Coordinator during the project by submitting periodic progress reports. Projects are concluded by a final report which may be written, an oral presentation at the annual MOP student Symposium, a performance. an art show, etc. MOP Coordinators assist students in selecting an appropriate format for the final report and guide students in evaluating their learning.

Restrictions 

No double dipping. No more than six credits may be from a non-UH institution. 3 credits should be from a course that shows human impact on the ocean. The identical project report may not satisfy both the MOP Certificate requirement and the requirement for another UH certificate or degree. The MOP project can be a section or phase of a larger project, for instance, which constitutes a senior thesis, or vice versa. This relationship should be clearly stated in the project proposal.
For UH Manoa MOP, 9 of the 12 credits must be 300 level or higher.

For further information on the MOP Skill Project, please contact instructors Cindy Hunter or Jeff Kuwabara, or stop by our office at Dean Hall 105A during regular office hours.